Care planning issues top lists of hospice survey deficiencies
01/14/24 at 03:30 AM
Care planning issues top lists of hospice survey deficiencies
Hospice News, by Jim Parker; 1/4/24
Amid rising regulatory scrutiny, issues related to care planning continue to top lists of the most common survey deficiencies among hospices. The most frequently cited deficiency is the requirement that each patient should have a customized care plan developed by the interdisciplinary team with involvement from a physician as well as the patient and family, the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) reported. The noncompliance rate was 66% for 2022.